Good evening, it's Tuesday, December 10th. This is the Jive
at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and
Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights
and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in
free-form programming.
I'm Ben Michael, Thanks so much for joining us! Here's some
of what's happening in our area this week:
The Russell Library in Middletown hosts a job and career
workshop on a meeting of the Russell Readers this evening. Scrabble Wednesday
meets at pm tomorrow, as usual. The Veterans Writing Group meets Thursday
afternoon, and Essential Oils Make and Take happens at 6 pm, as does the Books
and Brews offsite book discussion is at Stubborn Beauty Brewing. The Friends
book sale opens Friday morning, and in the afternoon, there’s a Census 2020
employment information session. On Saturday, the Snow Queen and her Snowman BFF
pay a visit in the afternoon. You can hear Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem Sunday
afternoon. Consult the website calendar for more events geared to all patrons,
including help sessions for people who are home-insecure. www.russelllibrary.org
The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown hosts The Last Rhino and
Taking Back Autumn on stage this Friday. The Aligned with Source Workshop takes
place Saturday morning. On Saturday evening you can catch the acoustic group Friends
of a Feather featuring members of Shakedown. www.buttonwood.org
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight/Tuesday you can catch
David Gans and Robert Glassman. On Wednesday, at Café Nine, there’s an Abbey
Road 50th anniversary tribute with Matt Demello & The
Significant Looks, Tate & Silas, and Mickey Burr. Thursday night at The
Nine brings Chris Trapper and Canyon.
Friday, The Café Nine live Happy Hour music set features Lynn Malavolti. Later,
Friday night you can catch Wess Meets West, Ports of Spain, and Live Well on
stage. Gary Grippo is featured at The Nine’s weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam
session. Saturday night brings the Rock This Town (BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
Tribute Band) Christmas Extravaganza. The Sunday Buzz Matinée features the
annual Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez holiday extravaganza, and the Sunday
evening show headlines the George Lesiw Band. www.cafenine.com
At Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, tonight, Michael Palin’s
Other Orchestra brings you jazz, R&B, soul classics, and more. The
Wednesday Community Blues Jam is with Mark Nomad. On Thursday, there’s Hip Hop
for the Homeless. “The Busted Nut – A Naughty Nutcracker” runs Friday through
Sunday. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Up in Hartford, the Connecticut Historical Society offers
“1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years,” on Tuesday. The City of Hartford
Holiday Bazaar in City Hall runs Wednesday through Friday. Author Ethan
Rutherford speaks at the Mark Twain House and Museum on Wednesday. Holiday jazz
with the Alvin Carter Project is at The Tavern at Keney Park and the Sea Tea
Comedy Theater offers “An Improvised Christmas Carol” on Thursday. The
Connecticut Science Center opens Polar Pajama Party on Friday. Hartford City
Santa with Soul is at Kamora’s Cultural Corner, the Polish National Home of
Hartford offers a traditional Wigilia celebration, and the Red Rock Tavern has
Sensual Salsa Saturday, all on Saturday. Winterfest Hartford at Bushnell Park
continues, where you can skate for free seven days a week, or check out the
Holiday Light Fantasia at Goodwin Park. Full details on these and more at www.hartford.com/events/
The Wesleyan RJ Julia bookstore hosts Charles Barber in
conversation with William Outlaw on Wednesday at 7 pm. The Annual Grinch Story
time is on Saturday. www.wesleyanrjjulia.com
Tonight, Manic Presents brings The Pixies and Kristin Hersh
on to the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. they present TroyBoi:
Nostalgia Tour, Yultron, and Argenil at College St on Thursday and Maria
Bamford and Ophira Eisenberg on Friday; 80s Metal act RATT headlines a show
with the Revel, and Kings and Liars on Saturday. At the Space Ballroom in
Hamden on Thursday Manic Presents offers Cautious Clay – Context Tour and Remi
Wolf. On Friday, Manic presents offers GRLwood, Similar Kind, SHY, and Evelyn
Gray at The Space Ballroom. On Saturday, Sage Francis, Early Adopted, and Jess
Ramos take the stage. www.manicpresents.com
The Middletown Arts & Culture Office reminds you that
the Wesleyan Potters 64th annual Exhibit and Sale continues,
with live music on Friday nights this holiday season. A proportion of proceeds
will benefit the work of Gilead Community Services. The Oddfellows Playhouse
Youth Theater offers a writing plays class on Thursday, and kids 8 and over can
take a baking class on Friday at Keigwin Middle School. Through Friday, you can
drop off new, unwrapped toys at the City of Middletown Recreation Division
office for the 68th annual Bernie O’Rourke/Detroit Hunter
Christmas Toy Drive, and also learn about how to apply for the program. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
The State House in New Haven presents Stalley’s Head Trip
tour on Thursday. On Friday, you can catch Murmur’s “The Boundless Black”
record release. The State House Cabaret Holiday Edition is on the bill for both
Saturday and Sunday. www.statehousepresents.com
Infinity Hall Hartford brings you Darlene Love on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the Tubes featuring Fee Waybill takes the stage. Catch Nick
Fradiani on Saturday, and on Sunday they bring you Five for Fighting with a
string quartet. Infinity Norfolk headlines Mike Zito on Wednesday and the Tom
Petty Project on Friday. You can catch “A Tribute to John Denver: Rocky
Mountain Christmas” with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon. www.infinityhall.com
Toad’s Place hosts Issues, Polyphia, Lil Aaron, Sleep Token,
Little Us tonight (tues). On Friday,
toad’s presents Busta Rhymes, Snowsa,
MillionDallaCapo/DeRoyce, and Rudeboy Musa. It’s another Original Saturday
Night College Dance Party on Saturday. www.toadsplace.com
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford presents Three Points
of Madness, Train of Thought, Gemini Wolves, and Ron Pacheco Jr. on
Friday. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation/
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues three films through
Thursday, including “Parasite,” a pitch-black modern Korean fairytale,
“Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project,” about a woman who archived everything
that was said and shown on television for decades, and “Varda by Agnes,” an
autobiographical documentary. Check the website for details and screening
times. www.realartways.org
Tonight and Tomorrow, Trinity College’s Cinestudio is showing MARRIAGE STORY the
new film by Noah Baumbach about modern divorce, starring Scarlett
Johansson and Adam Driver with Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta co-starring. Cinestudio offers one showing of “Adam,”
about a straight high school student who moves in with his lesbian sister, on
Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, they present “Joker,” about a failed stand-up
comedian who inspires a violent countercultural revolution in a decaying Gotham
City. On Sunday, they open “63 Up,” the next installment in the
every-seven-years “Up” documentary series. Their Sunday matinée is a
performance of “The Nutcracker” by the Bolshoi Ballet. Full details at http://www.cinestudio.org
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Wonderland with
DJ Cheshire Cat from 5:05-6pm.
From krautrock to post-rock, grunge to garage, blues to
BeBop, novelty to New Romantic, Wonderland has a place for it.
From 6-8pm Bill Revill brings us Acoustic Blender, offering
an eclectic selection of new and older folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues and
other music that has a roots influence with a concert listing at 7pm and
frequent concert and festival ticket giveaways.
From 8-9 pm stay tuned for an hour of live and local arts
and culture with J-Cherry on Voice of the City!
at 9pm, stay tuned for (1,3,5) Femme Gems and Jams with DJ
Stevie Hick, spotlighting biographies of lesser known historical female figures
by curating mixtape that she might jam to.
from 10-11pm (1, 3, 5) take a Road Trip to a different city each
episode, with DJ G and DJ Vix, who cover new and rising artists all from the
same hometown. No gas money required.
at 11pm Not Ur Mom’s Tunes with DJ Amoroso and DJ MT SPEN
invite you join them for a plunge into a guest’s first musical influence: their
mom. with new moms covered each week!
from midnight-1am What’s Goin’ On? with DJ Sam offers a deep
dive into the career and their music of artists with songs that have under
1,000,000 plays.
at 1 Passing Thru with DJ Slimbo Clean take a musical investigation
into the spaces we inhabit and the ways we move through them-- down the street,
across the country, and beyond
from 2-3am Louisiana Barn Dance brings us an hour of rootin
tooting Cajun and roots country sounds from Louisiana.
at 3am third shift listeners can catch an encore
presentation of our noontime broadcast of Democracy Now!
At 4am we kick of four daytime public affairs block with BBC
World Report followed by morning edition from NPR.
Stay tuned each weekday, for the area’s most diverse mix of
public affairs from Pacifica, NPR, and independent sources.
That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Catch us each weekday
at 4:55pm for this daily community calendar and run down of night time programming
here on WESU Middletown, one of the nation’s first student owned and operated
radio stations, celebrating 80 years of community service in 2019!
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